What is the Weather Like?

WEATHER

We have heard that this is an unusual year in Arizona.  Temperatures have been pretty moderate, and sometimes just downright cold.  We had a couple of days of rain... I mean all day.  The ground here isn't used to absorbing that much rain all at once, so we had small rivers running down the street.  Of course they new this and designed the streets so they are deeper in the middle than on the sides.  But if you wait long enough it will warm up in a hurry and this week it is starting to heat up.  

CHURCH

We go to church here at the resort, and it's a good old fashioned service, with good old fashioned people.  Sing hyms from a hymnal, responsive reading and a down to earth sermon.  The pastor trys to use some stories to illustrate his sermons.  Here is his from last week.  

There was this 85 year old man sitting on the park bench crying.  A policeman came up to see what was wrong.  He asked the old man if there was anything wrong.  The old man said, I am 85 years old, my wife is 35, she is a great cook, she is absolutely gorgeous, the mother of my two children!  He continued to sob....  The policeman said that sounds pretty good are you sure there isn't something else bothering you.  The old man said, "I can't remember where I live"

I don't think it had much to do with the sermon but it got our attention.  

GNOME CHESS SET FINISHED.

I have finished the tedious task of completing all 32 pieces of the Gnome chess set.  Getting ready to show it at the Mesa Wood Carvers show, in March.  

MESA MARKET

We are going to the Mesa Market again this next Friday.  We went a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it.  A GINORMUS outdoor market, all covered with tents with everything you can imagine.